Creation Records legend Alan McGee: I will never set foot in Glasgow again

THE man who famously discovered Oasis in King Tuts, says the city has “too many demons” for him. The 53-year-old also says he won't go back to Edinburgh either as the city also brings back bad memories for him.

CREATION Records legend Alan McGee has said he’ll never set foot in Glasgow again.

The man who famously discovered Oasis in King Tuts, said the city has “too many demons” for him.

Reformed addict McGee, 53, said: “Don’t feel sorry for me, but rather the poor people who had to deal with me.

“I went from being cool Uncle Alan to weird Uncle Alan, twitching in the background and not really wanting to be there.”

“I don’t think I’ll ever go back there, or Edinburgh, again. Ever. It’s not the people, it just holds too many bad memories for me if I’m being honest. I don’t know if I’m ever going to go back.

“I think I’ve left it behind, I don’t mean I’m better than it. It has too many demons for me personally. It’s the memories. I don’t know if I want to remember. I’ll go to Aberdeen and the north of Scotland, but I won’t do anything in the west of Scotland.”

Glasgow-born McGee, who now lives in Wales, made the comments during an interview with music broadcaster Tom Morton in an episode of Radio Scotland show Morton Through Midnight, to be broadcast on Friday at 10pm.

He also criticised his old school King’s Park Secondary, despite admitting he skipped classes from the age of 14.

He said: “Me and Bobby Gillespie went to King’s Park secondary school. I Googled it recently and we’re the only famous people to have come out of the school. And that’s kind of sad. In 50 years me and Bobby are the most successful people to come out of it and that’s not even because of anything they taught us. We just happened to like punk rock.“I didn’t go to school to be honest. I dogged it and nobody cared. My family definitely didn’t care about me dodging it. So from about 14 onwards I didn’t go.“I’m good at property and art and music. I’m good at what I’m good at. I’m rubbish at a lot of things too.”And he revealed how he made Bobby Gillespie a rock star - despite his Primal Scream pal wanting to jack it in.He said: “One of the things that drove me was that I wanted to make Bobby Gillespie a rock star. A few times he wanted to pack it in, but I wouldn’t let him. I was determined that I wasn’t going to let him beat me.”